Champions League results as Arsenal and Man City win away
Full-time in both: Arsenal won 2-1 at Slavia Prague and Manchester City beat RB Leipzig 3-2, with Erling Haaland scoring the winner, after Liverpool lost 3-2 at Fenerbahçe earlier on Wednesday night. Three Premier League clubs were in Champions League action on matchday four.
Liverpool went first in Istanbul at 5.45pm UK time, then Arsenal and City kicked off at 8pm, Arsenal at the Eden Arena and City at the RB Arena. Aston Villa and Manchester United played on Tuesday, so tonight decided how the English clubs look with four of the eight league games gone.
Here is how each game went, newest event first. Slavia Prague 1-2 Arsenal (full-time) Arsenal did the damage early in Prague.
Noni Madueke opened the scoring inside ten minutes, set up by Viktor Gyökeres, and the Swede then got one of his own seven minutes before the break from Mikel Merino's pass. It was a long night for Slavia Prague, who came into the game with one point from three matches.
Our Arsenal predicted lineup vs Slavia Prague asked whether Mikel Arteta's attack could take an early grip on the game, and two goals before the break answered that. Wiktor Nowak's goal in the 90th minute only made the last few minutes nervier.
Wiktor Nowak pulls one back, 1-2.46'The second half is under way in Prague. Viktor Gyökeres makes it 2-0, assisted by Mikel Merino.
20'Yellow card for Slavia Prague's David Moses. Noni Madueke scores, assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
RB Leipzig 2-3 Man City (full-time) City went in ahead at the break thanks to a helping hand, an own goal by Leipzig defender Castello Lukeba eight minutes before half-time. That lead lasted barely four minutes into the second half, as Ridle Baku, already booked in the first half, brought the hosts level.
City answered nine minutes later through Enzo Fernández to go 2-1 up, only for Antonio Nusa to level again three minutes after that. Three goals in 12 minutes, and then Erling Haaland found the fifth of the night with 78 minutes played to win it 3-2 for City.